John Williams, Tuahine & Vara: The Converted South Sea Islanders and The Drop of Blood; or. The Blind Warrior of Raiatea (Bristol: Wright & Albright, 1839). (ATL ref. Pamßox 2123) These tiny-format chapbooks are both based on accounts by the missionary John Williams (1769-1839) in Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, first published in 1837, recounting his many vigorous acts of conversion. Williams made several trips to French Polynesia and Rarotonga. In November 1839, Williams and a fellow missionary, James Harris, were killed and eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromango, Vanuatu. These chapbooks were published as news of Williams' violent end reached England. The printings capitalised on the sensational demise of a popular preacher.
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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 48, 1 January 2016, Page 99
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117John Williams, Tuahine & Vara: The Converted South Sea Islanders and The Drop of Blood; or. The Blind Warrior of Raiatea (Bristol: Wright & Albright, 1839). (ATL ref. PamBox 2123) These tiny-format chapbooks are both based on accounts by the missionary John Williams (1769-1839) in Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, first published in 1837, recounting his many vigorous acts of conversion. Williams made several trips to French Polynesia and Rarotonga. In November 1839, Williams and a fellow missionary, James Harris, were killed and eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromango, Vanuatu. These chapbooks were published as news of Williams' violent end reached England. The printings capitalised on the sensational demise of a popular preacher. Turnbull Library Record, Volume 48, 1 January 2016, Page 99
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